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The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)

Patrick Rothfuss

Start date: January 28, 2016

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Jan 22, 2017 Chessa rated it really liked it

Shelves: sf_fantasy, series, sf-f-challenge

I love this series. This is one of those series that if it just continued forever, pages magically being added to the end indefinitely, I wouldn't mind.

I do have to say that I enjoy the university setting the most. I love his buddies, his wacky professors, Auri, the Eolian.

The time with the Maer is frustrating then somewhat satisfying, and then frustrating again. So curious what the game of tak is really like.

I wanted to stab myself with boredom for the Felurian chapters - ugh. It should have b ...more

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Mar 22, 2015 Krissy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audible-library, cover-color-green, audiobook, 5-motherfucking-stars, buddy-read, pgs-600-or-more

Holy shit. This book was AMAZEBALLS. I cannot wait for book 3!

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May 28, 2016 Susan rated it it was amazing

Even though these books look intimidating, they read like a dream. I love the characters and the pacing of all their stories. I cannot wait for the next in the series to be published.

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Mar 26, 2013 Ellen rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audio-book, fantasy, coming-of-age

I listened to this book as I walked and did housework and it took me into a completely different world. This world is somewhat medieval-feeling since there is no electricity or gas-powered vehicles. Going from one place to another requires horses, wagons or just walking. Women wear gowns and men, cloaks. Kvothe, the main character of the story, who is now an innkeeper is telling his life stories to a scribe between customers who come in for a drink or a meal. And what stories he has to tell! The I listened to this book as I walked and did housework and it took me into a completely different world. This world is somewhat medieval-feeling since there is no electricity or gas-powered vehicles. Going from one place to another requires horses, wagons or just walking. Women wear gowns and men, cloaks. Kvothe, the main character of the story, who is now an innkeeper is telling his life stories to a scribe between customers who come in for a drink or a meal. And what stories he has to tell! The first book of this series tells of his life as a child in a travelling troupe of minstels and his family's horrible slaughter at the hands of the Chandrian, creatures of childhood nightmares and fables. The rest of the first book and all of the second, details Kvothe's quest to find and destroy the Chandrian and his adventures and misadventures along the way. At the University, he learns many useful skills, both magical and medical, despite a bully and the antipathy of a powerful professor. He meets a mysterious girl, Denna, who both fascinates and confuses him. Kvothe gets in and out of many scrapes, and almost always does so with panache, leading to his growing status as a legend in his own time as his stories are told and retold in inns across the land.

In this second book of the series, Kvothe leaves the university (not completely of his own volition) and must lead a group of soldiers to find and stop some bandits who are attacking tax collectors in a land far from his own. In this quest, he makes both friends and enemies of some powerful folk, as well as dallies with a powerful faerie. Yet, underlying his many adventures, lies even darker secrets which are hinted at near the end of the second book of the series. The reader is left wondering if Kvothe should trust anyone, even his friends. I cannot wait for the third book in this series and worry my house might not be cleaned well until it is published and I can again escape into Patrick Rothfuss' completely imagined world.

I would highly recommend this book for older Harry Potter fans and anyone who enjoys stories with great adventures and a little magic. Brilliant books!! ...more

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Sep 15, 2013 Sharlene rated it really liked it

Shelves: ebook, library, fantasy, 2013

I hesitate to write about this book. It – and the first book, The Name of the Wind – probably deserves a whole post to itself. But I don’t quite know how to talk about it, to write about it. I feel like I need to reread it, reread them. And of course wait for the next book (next year?). The Name of the Wind was such a gorgeous gorgeous loonnnngggg book. The Wise Man’s Fear is just as long (maybe longer – I was reading an ebook version so I can’t really tell), still telling a great story, but a l ...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Lennis rated it liked it

This book could have used a bit more editing. I couldn't put Name of the Wind down but had to force myself to keep reading in parts of this book. Hopefully the third will be better. ...more

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Dec 23, 2012 Laura Seagraves rated it did not like it

Shelves: 2012

This book was tedious.

Young Kvothe is incapable of telling the truth, and I hate him, the arrogant prick.

The stars are for the world which is intriguing, I also like the storytelling to illuminate the backstory, but it's overused. ...more

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Aug 24, 2017 Sam rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: rc2017, audio-books

I listened to the entire 42 hours. By the end, I just wanted it over. Also why did he drop an entire romance novel in the middle of this? I felt like the child in The Princess Bride, "Is this a kissing book?" and then there was the warrior training sequence which deviated from him whinging about being broke. ...more

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